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  1. Title: Map showing canoe routes into Superior National Forest, Minnesota and Quetico Provincial Park of Canada

    • Not specified
    • 1930
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:250,000. "This map published in cooperation with the Architects & Engineers Supply Co. Duluth, Minn." Includes inset with title: Good roads leading into America's greatest canoe regions. 49 x 71 centimeters

  2. Title: Superior National Forest, Minnesota, fourth principal meridian, 1920

    • Not specified
    • 1920
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:250,000. Below title: The playground of a nation. "Henry S. Graves, forester." "Minnesota Game and Fish Department, Carlos Avery, Commissioner, St. Paul, Minn." "Before taking trips outlined obtain information from the secretary of the Ely CommercialClub or the U.S. Forest Service, Ely Minn." Relief shown by hachures. Shows canoe routes starting and ending at Ely and outline of Superior State Game Refuge. 42 x 82 centimeters

  3. Title: Connecticut, 1849 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Connecticut : from actual survey, engraved by Daggett & Ely. It was published in 1849 by Brown & Parsons. Scale [ca. 1:331,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Connecticut State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 0600). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, drainage, county and town boundaries, churches, courthouses and more. Relief shown by hachures. Insets: Plan of the city of New Haven -- Plan of the city of Hartford -- New England states. Includes profile of the Farmington Canal and list of governors of Connecticut from 1676-1849. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

  4. Title: Adirondack Mountains Region, New York, 1876 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the New York wilderness : to accompany Wallace's Descriptive guide to the Adirondacks, by W. W. Ely. It was published by G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co. in 1876. Scale [1:253,440]. Covers the Adirondack Mountains Region including portions of St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, Lewis, Herkimer, Hamilton, Essex, Oneida, Warren, and Saratoga Counties. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 projection. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, hotels, and township and county boundaries and more. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes inset: [Northeastern states]. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

  5. Title: Soil map, Indiana, Marshall County sheet

    • Thematic maps
    • 1904
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows soil types classification by colors and symbols. "Field Operations, Bureau of Soils, 1904." "Jullius Bien & Co. Lith. N.Y." Imprint: [Washington, D.C.] : Bureau of Soils, [1904?] Dimensions: 56 x 57 cm; Scale: 1:63,360 Coordinates: W0862800 W0860300 N0412900 N0411000

  6. Title: Highlands Region

    • Not specified
    • 1995
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    Summary: Pictoral map of the Highlands region extending through two million acres of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. Inset of The Highlands and Eastern Seaboard. Legend indicates color coding of forests, farmlands, urban zones, protected public and private lands, wetlands, and open water. Also noted are the habitats of eight kinds of wildlife including birds, fish and mammals. Information on major hiking trails indicates highest altitudes. Map produced by the Appalachian Mountain Club in conjuctions with seven other environmental advocacy organizations. Three photographic illustrations, description of and challenges facing the Highlands Region and listing of contacts for the sponsoring organizations including name, title, phone number and e-mail contact.

  7. Title: Automobielkaart van Java en Madoera

    • Image data
    • 1930
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.

  8. Title: Wisconsin official road map : showing all state highways and all county highways

    • Not specified
    • 1924
    Contributors:

    Summary: Red and black.; Panel title.; Text and advertisements on verso. 23.75 x 18 in

  9. Title: Map of the country ... of Boston, 1896

    • Not specified
    • 1896
    Contributors:

    Summary: Each map covers Boston and the vicinity either northwest, southwest, northeast, or southeast of city.; Relief shown by contours.; Northwest map has errata in upper margin. 31 x 48 centimeters or smaller

  10. Title: Map of the country southwest of Boston, 1896

    • Image data
    • 1896
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by contours. Map collection has SW sheet, missing the other 3. Map shows wooded areas and public reservations

  11. Title: Map of the country about Boston

    • Not specified
    • 1890
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows roads, streets and railroads.; Relief shown by contours. 53 x 78 centimeters

  12. Title: Automobile Club of Minneapolis' county road map : showing all the roads within a radius of seventy-five miles from the Twin Cities

    • Not specified
    • 1924
    Contributors:

    Summary: Also shows Automobile Club of Minneapolis' guide posts, "main traveled roads," and schools, churches, and town halls.; On panel: "This map has been prepared especially for the members of the Autmobile Club of Minneapolis."; On panel: Copyright G. Roy Hill, secretary, 1924.; "Th. Lagaard, Del." 75 x 62 centimeters

  13. Title: Birds eye view of trolley routes in New England, 1904 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2006
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Trolley wayfinder, birds eye view of trolley routes in New England, published by the New England Street Railway Club, 1904. This is a perspective map not drawn to scale. Covers eastern portion of New England from Lewiston, Maine, to Newport, Rhode Island. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as steam railroads, electric railroads, parks, buildings, drainage, and more. Relief and some features are shown pictorially. Includes 7 insets. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Massachusetts from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates (1755-1922), scales, and purposes. The digitized selection includes maps of: the state, Massachusetts counties, town surveys, coastal features, real property, parks, cemeteries, railroads, roads, public works projects, etc.

  14. Title: How to get in & out of Saint Paul

    • Not specified
    • 1923
    Contributors:

    Summary: Only shows downtown area.; Inset of White Bear Lake. 25 Centimeters in diameter on sheet 56 x 87 Centimeters

  15. Title: Route map of Seattle

    • Not specified
    • 1922
    Contributors:

    Summary: Text and map of Seattle's business section on verso.; "6-15-22." 38 x 54 centimeters

  16. Title: Automobile road map of the United States : including southern Canada and northern Mexico

    • Not specified
    • 1920
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows cities, major waterways, major roads, and route numbers.; Inset: Cape Breton Island.; "1491"--upper left.; "Selwyn Douglas"--lower right.; "P.H.I."--lower left.; "397"--panel lower left. 52 x 83 centimeters, folded to 27 x 11 centimeters

  17. Title: Trolley wayfinder : birds eye view of trolley routes in New England

    • Image data
    • 1908
    Contributors:

    Summary: "John J. Lane, editor"--Cover. "Geo. H. Walker & Co., Boston"--Lower right margin. Originally issued folded in cover (19 x 11 cm).

  18. Title: In the heart of Minnesota's Arrowhead

    • Tourist maps
    • 1950
    Contributors:

    Summary: The map of northern Minnesota's Arrowhead region shows highways with inset photographs of attractions including mines, mills and picturesque streams. The reverse side includes lists of points of interest and resort accommodations and photographs

  19. Title: Map of the village of Hibbing

    • Not specified
    • 1926
    Contributors:

    Summary: September 10, 1926.; Cadastral map.; Appears to have been hand colored. 55 x 35 centimeters

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